Andrew Lansley
Andrew Lansley is Secretary of State for Health.[1]
On diet legislation and trans fats
According to a July 2010 report in the Daily Mail, Lansley rejected the advice of official health watchdog NICE on the issue of dangerous trans fats in food and sided with the food industry – which argues a ban is unnecessary. It is estimated that trans fats are responsible for as many as 7,000 premature deaths a year.[2]
In a separate announcement, Lansley told the British Medical Association the Government was likely to opt out of legislating on health and diet.[3]
Lansley also took the opportunity to criticize chef Jamie Oliver's campaign to make school meals healthier. Lansley said it was wrong to lecture people on what they should eat and argued the efforts of Jamie Oliver to tackle child obesity and ill-health had failed.[4]
Affiliations
- Westminster Diet and Health Forum - Patron
- Westminster Media Forum - Patron
External Resources
- Holly Watt and Rosa Prince, Andrew Lansley bankrolled by private healthcare provider, telegraph.co.uk, 14 January 2010.
Notes
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ Sean Poulter, They kill 7,000 people a year, but trans fats won't be banned, Daily Mail, 1 July 2010
- ↑ Sean Poulter, They kill 7,000 people a year, but trans fats won't be banned, Daily Mail, 1 July 2010
- ↑ Sean Poulter, They kill 7,000 people a year, but trans fats won't be banned, Daily Mail, 1 July 2010
